Wednesday, October 24

Intel operates two manufacturing plants, known as FAb 18 and Fab 28, and which it opened in 1999 and 2009, respectively in "Kiryat Gat", a cityIsrael built on the occupied and stolen Palestinian Arab land of the village of Iraq al-Manshiya. The original inhabitants of Iraq Al-Manshiya and the nearby village of Al-Faluja were expelled from their villages in 1949 by the Zionist state contrary to international law and an armistice agreementsponsored by the UN and which Israel itself signed in 1948.

According to Zionist historian Benny Morris, the villagers of Iraq AlManshiya were expelled by "intimidation using all means".

ACTION

Al-Awda, the Palestine Right to Return Coalition, calls on all its membersand supporters to write to Intel and demand that:

* Intel abandon its investments and shut down and dismantle its plants inIsrael. The company's manufacturing plants in Kiryat Gat are built on landconfiscated and stolen from the Palestinian Arab village of IraqAl-Manshiya.

* The original inhabitants of Iraq Al-Manshiya and the nearby village ofAl-Faluja in 1949 were expelled by the Zionist state contrary tointernational law and an armistice agreement sponsored by the UN and whichIsrael itself signed in 1948.

* Intel should not participate and allow Israel to have economic benefitsfrom the illegal dispossession of Palestinians. The Zionist state is denyingPalestinian refugees their right to return to their lands and homes which itis occupying. This natural, inalienable, individual and collective rightis enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and InternationalLaw, and is supported by numerous UN resolutions.

* Intel has far more attractive options long-term for building and expandingin other countries. These options serve Intel's customers, shareholders andemployees in far more productive and honorable ways.